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Mascot the Magazine of the Midget & Sprite Club March 2016 £2 No. 384 Mascot The Magazine of the Midget & Sprite Club www.midgetandspriteclub.co.uk SPECIALIST VEHICLE INSURANCE Cherished by you Insured by us Over 35 years’ experience No broker administration fees Choose a vehicle repairer you trust UK & European accident & breakdown recovery including home service Free and automatic salvage retention* Cover for drivers from 18 years of age and no upper age limit* Agreed value* Call our friendly UK team for a quotation 01277 206 911 www.rhclassicinsurance.co.uk * Subject to our standing underwriting criteria. Please refer to the policy documentation on our website, or call, for further information. RH Specialist Insurance is a trading name of Hiscox Underwriting Limited. Hiscox Underwriting Limited has granted a licence to ERS Syndicate Services Limited to use the brand name, RH Specialist Insurance, subject to the terms of the licence. 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The Committee © Midget & Sprite Club Printed by Quorum Print Services Ltd, Units 3&4, Lansdown Industrial Estate, Cheltenham, GL51 8PL FP0030/07/2015 Tel: 01242 584984 Website: www.quorumprint.co.uk E-mail: [email protected] March Editorial Don’t worry! Spring is just round the corner any thanks to all of you that have If you’ve never been to a club meeting or Mcontributed to this month’s Mascot, I’ve event, why not make it happen during March had such a great influx of material, that I’ve or April? Your area reps will be delighted been unable to fit it all in. So if your article to hear from you and your fellow members or car hasn’t appeared in the magazine, fear are just waiting to crawl all over your cars not! It’s almost guaranteed to be printed at with varying degrees of jealousy, glee and some point over the coming months. enthusiasm, irrespective of condition (or in the case of my car), cleanliness. The time for getting out and about in our Spridgets upon us. It’s just a shame that I hope to meet up with some of you at the the weather here in the UK hasn’t yet got Practical Classic Restoration Show at the that message. Sunny, warm, balmy and NEC and although time is short, feel free pleasant are just some of the words missing to contact any of the club’s committee from conversations so far this year, unless members with questions or requests. If you preceded by the phrase “I wish it could be get in quickly, you may even be able to have a bit more....”. Never mind, most have roofs them raised at the upcoming committee that we can fit, even though for some it goes meeting on the 13th of March. Our details against the grain, added to which for others are on page 1. of us, it makes a graceful and sylph-like entry Have a great month. Make sure that you use and exit of the cars even less likely. your Spridgets and don’t forget to write in to Check through this month’s Mascot and you Mascot to tell us all about it. will see various events listed and advertised. Gary & Gaps The deadline for articles and reports for inclusion in April’s edition of Mascot is Wednesday 16th March The statements and opinions expressed in each and every issue of Mascot are not necessarily the considered views of the Midget and Sprite Club. The views expressed by the editorial contributors, letter writers and advertisers are their own and do not necessarily reflect the view of the Club. The Midget and Sprite Club accepts no responsibility for the results of following contributor’s advice, nor does it necessarily endorse the services or products offered by advertisers. Cover shot: John Gully’s Frogeye with his partner Carole, parked at Poole Park. See page 25 for details of this upcoming event 2 DVLA “What £5 to the DVLA and a Another owner, Mr Moran, who undertook the restoration; bought her as a Silver Wedding couple of stamps can get you...” present and used her regularly on trips to fter purchasing his Frogeye (1960 reg Holland, Belgium and France. He confirmed AVJU844) from Robin Lawton (who regularly the change back to the original “VJU 844” advertises in Mascot) in July last year Justin registration, and offered an extra hide he decided that he would like to know more still had in his garage that matched the beige about the cars history. Please see his story leather seats free of charge (this is going to below which might inspire some members to be a project to re-cover the dash to match do the same: the seats).
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